It’s unfortunate to see that the statement « meditation is a meeting with oneself » has become a phrase used in feel-good magazines. This contributes to making
Étiquette : mindfulness
Net Profit of Sitting
The results of zazen are always beneficial,Whether you are aware of it or not,Whether your intention is authentic or not,Whether the zazen sessions are wobbly
Decoding Consciousness
The urgency, the one that truly deserves speeding up time, consists of achieving the counter-urgency: slowing down the pace of psychological life, compared to the
God Is Here
What you reach by a ladder of duties, a staircase of books, a tower of effort…is not God. You can take all these paths and
Theological Misdirection
As long as God is an idea, however sumptuous, you are always in the sterile and suffering-generating insularity of the mind bubble. Theology brews ideas
Impatience and Care
One of the expressions of impatience is haste, a more everyday occurrence, and often valued by our societies where speed is synonymous with productivity and
Dare, One Step After Another
Kinhin* is trust,transferring the weight,daring to transfer the weight,and leaving everything behind, Kinhin is non-attachment,taught in the body,without words,directly. All Zen, all the teachings of
Beneath the Cultural Surface
The heart of the teachings: we enter it when we stop twisting and turning within the cultural surface of the tradition we inhabit to pierce
Sacrilège
Le véritable sacrilège consiste à ne pas pratiquer alors que ta conscience te le permets.Pourtant, si tu ne pratiques pas, alors que tu as la
Through The Island
Zazen is the ultimate posture.All other beliefs, traditions, and expressions are stations prior to zazen. Zazen is the universal foundation, transcending all religions and yet
Do You Know How to Fall?
In judo, one of the first lessons is learning how to fall.Thus, when the practitioner is in a real fall situation,he will remember the repeated
Thou Shall Not Drink This Beverage
If traditions, in their vast majority, advise against the consumption of alcohol, it is because it is incompatible with the practice. Alcohol de-centers the individual,
Eternal Prayer
Ritual prayer: I am seized by a surge of joya joy bathed in sweetnessat the very heart of the prayer that I approach this morning
Rien de ce qui est
La pensée ne pourra jamais résoudre ce qui émane de la pensée.Bien que je le sache parfaitement, je fais encore rouler ces pensées dans tous
Have Confidence
We must have confidenceremember that we can have confidencein the fact that the psychological, somatic waves,– violent, sometimes, – which come to cross, or submerge
Notes & Silence 